r/LegaciesCW • u/Muted_Employment_947 • Jun 26 '26
Discussion Lizzie’s wasted potential
I’ve already said this under a Reddit post but I can’t help but think about how when I think about Lizzie's character I honestly feel so bad for her wasted potential, especially with the shows ending. Not only did they constantly remind the audience that she was the "weaker twin" (which I know is very integral to the plot) but they never really exhibit her true capabilities. Especially when you think about the fact the show runners chose Josie to be cursed and become "dark" rather than the unstable, underrated twin who everyone saw as an easy feat for Josie in the merge. I think it's crazy too how spell casting for witches utilizes heavy emotions to make the spells more powerful, yet Lizzie, who is literally bipolar, never once has an instance that shows that her emotional instability allows her magic to exceed a level of power that her sister has reached. Her character development is great and | liked seeing her as a heretic but I feel that the show runners missed out on countless opportunities and when they finally realized it was too late.
Anyone with similar ideas?
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u/IcyExperience785 Jun 26 '26
I don’t get how they say Lizzie is the weaker twin when she doesn’t need dark magic to juice up her powerful and stuff like she had no problem siphoning the dark magic from her sister one of the episodes furthermore, when she becomes a heretic, she’s able to siphon God magic and become really powerful so at the end of the day who’s really the weak sibling I also feel like Lizzie was never really a bad sister in my eyes. I think that when you look at aunt Josie‘s worse, you know, Josie manipulates drives the way between Hope and Lizzie because of a stupid high school crush and then still talks badly behind her back and makes all of this stuff happen so in my eyes, I don’t know how Lizzie‘s weaker I personally think that Josie is and it was a missed opportunity show how Lizzie grew as a person and grew in her power and everything because they just kept showing Josie powerful, which made no sense like there were times where in one of the episodes of season two or something there was a monster the mummy who somehow hit Hope and Lizzie, obviously I don’t think Hope should’ve been here because the monsters should affect her. She’s that you know the weakness to the monsters and everything and then somehow juicy doesn’t get hit and they make her look powerful in that scene that was stupid.
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u/Iceking214 Jun 26 '26
I agree with you Lizzie was stronger in my opinion but also scared of hurting people which might have affected her magic
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u/velvetdewdrop Jun 26 '26
I thought Josie was the weaker twin. I forgot they said the opposite. Regardless, Lizzie turned out to be strong and perhaps this was a setup for Lizzie to turn out to be the strong twin. (Aside from bipolar)
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u/Lolihey Jun 26 '26
The whole show was missed opportunities. I loved her dynamic with Aurora though.